Opinion

A panel at MLA discusses academic blogging and the "old boys' network" -- and marked the end of one prominent blogger's prolific career online. Scott McLemee reports from the digital "parlor."

Some experiences don’t last long enough for satisfaction. You know what I’m talking about—cream soda numbs the tongue to its...

After getting reports on the job search process at the convention, Will Hochman turns to poetry.

With help from Susan Sontag and Bernard Malamud, Terry Caesar wonders just how close we should be with those with whom we work.

And great good luck to all our friends looking for jobs on the academic market this year.

Yesterday I went to the session on Literary Studies in the Public Sphere. For two of the speakers, Amardeep Singh...

Let’s embrace the Ph.D. in creative writing as a way to connect the disciplines, David Gruber writes.

Thanks to loyal readers who suggested things to do in Philadelphia while I’m here at the Modern Language Association Conference...